The event, which kicks off the Metropolitan Museum of Art's yearly Costume Institute exhibit, is themed "Punk: Chaos to Couture," so we're already expecting an ode to Vivienne Westwood and Jean Paul Gaultier. Of course, with the Met Gala, it's the unexpected that's more exciting -- like Beyonce's fashionably late arrival in a gorgeous, sheer Givenchy number last year.

So will this year's shindig top last year's? Check out our continually updated slideshow and see for yourselves.

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